Not gonna lie, I'm leagues more hyped for the final season of Star Wars Rebels than The Last Jedi. The New Republic stuff just isn't for me and I haven't been that interested in it compared to the Rise of the Empire and Galactic Civil War eras, even when I read the EU stuff back when. Similarly, I enjoyed Rogue One much more than The Force Awakens.

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Yeah I never really cared about post-ROTJ lore, even when there was weird shit like Palpatine clones and stuff.

Yeah I never really cared about post-ROTJ lore, even when there was weird shit like Palpatine clones and stuff.

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I mean, the Yuuzhan Vong stuff was pretty interesting just because it gave up on the Empire/Sith conflict and focused on something new and fresh, but other than that I got really bored of it. The Thrawn trilogy was of course really well done as well.

I mean, the Yuuzhan Vong stuff was pretty interesting just because it gave up on the Empire/Sith conflict and focused on something new and fresh, but other than that I got really bored of it. The Thrawn trilogy was of course really well done as well.

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Yeah, I also liked the Corellian Insurrection in The Legacy of the Force books but that's one of my main problems with the Sequel Trilogy. Just reset everything for me, and I'm sick of Evil Empires and Good Rebellions.

Yeah, I also liked the Corellian Insurrection in The Legacy of the Force books but that's one of my main problems with the Sequel Trilogy. Just reset everything for me, and I'm sick of Evil Empires and Good Rebellions.

So Phil Lord & Chris Miller have been fired from their Han Solo movie months into production. Kathleen Kennedy and Lawrence Kasdan have been displeased with the directors' direction on set, and Ron Howard & Joe Johnston are candidates to replace them.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the style and vision of Lord and Miller clashed with that of Lawrence Kasdan, the legendary screenwriter behind the classics Empire Strikes Back and ‪Raiders of the Lost Ark, who also wrote, with his son, Jon Kasdan, the script for the Han Solo stand-alone set (for now) to be released in 2018.

Lord and Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie) have a comedic sensibility and improvisational style while Kasdan favors a strict adherence to the written word — what is on the page is what must be shot.

The creative clash, according to one insider, also came down to differences in understanding the character of Han Solo. “People need to understand that Han Solo is not a comedic personality. He’s sarcastic and selfish,” said that source.

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Miller and Lord were stunned to find that they were not being granted freedom to run the production in the manner that they were accustomed to. They balked at Kennedy’s tight control on the set.

A person with knowledge of the production said that the chemistry between the directors and Kennedy was never right.

“It was a culture clash from day one,” the source said. “She didn’t even like the way they folded their socks.”

The source said that while Lord and Miller were supposedly hired for their vision and distinctive brand of filmmaking when it came to the “Star Wars” production, Kennedy did not approve of their shooting style and process of interacting with actors and crew. “They weren’t given the leeway to do what they had to do,” the source said.

The duo also clashed with Kasdan, who has been an integral creative part of several “Star Wars” movies, dating back the the 1980 “The Empire Strikes Back.” Like Kennedy, he questioned many of the pair’s directing choices.

“Kathy, her team and Larry Kasdan have been doing it their way for a very long time. They know how the cheese is made and that’s how they want it made,” said the source. “It became a very polarizing set.”

Toward the beginning of this thread, back when I was a young fresh LPA user 2 and a half years ago, I mentioned my affinity for Mandalorians. Today I began building my Mandalorian armor to apply to the Mandalorian Mercs costume club. Using a flight suit, Sintra/PVC, and other materials, I will be building a suit of armor that looks roughly like these designs: